chlorhexidine or povidone‑iodine: which solution is more effective on skin colonization in neonates?

Concise, intensive or longitudinal medical education courses, which is more effective in perceived self-efficacy and development of faculty members?

  Background: Teachers’ self-efficacy and development may be conceptualized as their beliefs in their own ability to plan, organize and carry out activities that are required to attain educational goals. In this study, we examined the effect of different medical education training courses (six-day, one- month short- term and six-month long- term courses) on perceived self-effica...

Blood lead level in opium abuse. Which is more dangerous? Opium smoking or opium ingestion?

Social Support or Organizational Support: Which One Is More Predictive of Job Burnout in workers?

  Introduction: Social and organizational supports are effective factors closely related to job burnout and Due to the limited studies in this area on Iranian workers, this study aims to determine the predictability of social support and organizational support in  job burnout for workers in Yazd. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out among 200 textile workers in Yazd through str...

Which Is More Prominent in Recurrent Hydatidiform Mole, Ovum or Sperm?

Recurrent hydatidiform mole is defined as episodes of two molar pregnancies in a female. Often, complete moles onlyderive androgenic nuclear genome. We described two cases with repeated molar pregnancies attempted to preventfuture episodes by performing intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)to assess genetic disorders. The first pat...

Podcast vs. Pamphlet; Which One Is More Effective in Self-care Training Program of Diabetic Patients?

Background and Purpose: Self-care can help patients with diabetes to reduce complications of the disease. The purpose of this study was to compare the effectiveness of diabetes self-care educational programs through tow podcast and pamphlet methods. Material and Methods: The present study was quasi-experimental research conducted in Tehran Aboozar Diabetes Center (2014).  90 patients wi...

Which is effective: self-directed learning or tutor-directed learning on the level of nursing skills

Introduction. This is quasi experimental research in order to determine and compare the learning level of nursing skills ( in B.A students) with self-directed learning and tutor-directed learning pattern in Shaheed Beheshti Univeristy of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Nursing and Midwifery faculty, 1998-1999. Methods. First of all, a questionnaire composed of some demographic data such ...